13.1

Wednesday was National Running Day. In honor of National Running Day I lost my mind signed up for a half marathon. That’s 13.1 miles. 21 kilometers. 23,056 yards. 69,168 feet. 

I’ve ran exactly one official race, a local 5K (3.1 miles). My longest run to date is 9 miles (which I’ve ran one time). And I signed up to run 13.1 miles.

Yes, I might be #overlyambitious but as I mentioned on facebook #toolatenow. The $80 entry fee is non-refundable so I’m going to tackle that 13.1 miles in September. That means lots of training runs between now and then (in an already packed summer). Last night babe asked “will your cell phone {i.e. my source of music & pace/distance tracking} even last that long?”… I laughed (my iphone has a notoriously horrible battery life).

Here’s to running… and hoping my iphone makes it!